Anti Ragging Cell - Profile

Anti Ragging Cell : Profile

Anti Ragging Committee:

Anti Ragging Policy:

Anti-Ragging Committee should be one of the important parts of the Educational institution’s mechanism. As per the guidelines of the Act of 1956, which is modified as UGC regulations, on curbing the menace of ragging in higher Educational Institutions, 2009, establishment of Anti-Ragging Committee is compulsory.

Objectives :

The Policy prohibits,

• Any conduct by any student or students whether by words spoken or written or by act which has the effect of teasing, treating or handling with rudeness a fresher or any other student.

• Indulging in rowdy or indisciplined activities by any student or students which causes or is likely to cause annoyance, hardship or physiological harm

• Raising fear or apprehension thereof in any fresher or any other student.

• Asking any student to do any act which such student will not in the ordinary course do and which has the effect of causing or generating a scene of shame or embarrassment so as to adversely affect the fresher

• Any student, with or without intent to derive a sadistic pleasure or showing off power, exercising authority or superiority over any fresher or any other student.

Administrative action in the event of ragging:

• The institution shall punish a student found guilty of ragging after following the procedure and in the manner prescribed here in under.

• The Anti-Ragging Committee of the institution shall take an appropriate decision, in regard to punishment or otherwise, depending on the facts of each incident of ragging and nature and gravity of the incident of ragging established in recommendations of the Anti-Ragging Squad.

• The Anti-Ragging Committee may, depending on the nature and gravity of the guilt established by the Anti-Ragging squad, award to those found guilty, one or more of the following punishments, namely:

• Suspension from attending classes and academic privileges, expulsion from the hostel.

• Withholding/Withdrawing scholarship and other benefits.

• Debarring from appearing in any test/examination or other evaluation process, Withholding results.

• Cancellation of admission.

• Debarring from representing the institution in any regional, national meet, tournament, youth festival etc.

• To make the students aware of ragging the institution takes a pro-active measure by   disseminating the information.

• The rules book of the college and hand book of general information given to students at the time of admission clearly mentions the anti-ragging rules.

• Printed posters are placed in premises of college, canteen, administration block etc.

• During the inauguration of the first year students, freshers are instructed on the ill-effect of ragging or encourage ragging.

• Orientation programme also has a session on anti-ragging awareness during which the local inspector of police is invited to address.